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At @huridocs.org, we're committed to strengthening the digital security ecosystem, not just as observers, but by ensuring our tools actively support defenders. Hope you’ll join us!
#digisec #HRDs #digitalinfra
#digisec #HRDs #digitalinfra
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
At @huridocs.org, we're committed to strengthening the digital security ecosystem, not just as observers, but by ensuring our tools actively support defenders. Hope you’ll join us!
#digisec #HRDs #digitalinfra
#digisec #HRDs #digitalinfra
Want to dive deeper? Join our launch webinar Thursday, 24 July at 15:00 CET!
Hear Tomiwa present, plus reflections from defenders in DRC, Zimbabwe & Kenya. Register here 👇
🔗 huridocs.org/2025/07/webi...
Hear Tomiwa present, plus reflections from defenders in DRC, Zimbabwe & Kenya. Register here 👇
🔗 huridocs.org/2025/07/webi...
Webinar & launch of research report: Use of digital security tools by human rights defenders in African contexts | HURIDOCS
Join the launch of the research report by Dr Tomiwa Ilori, exploring how human rights defenders in four African countries are using digital security tools to protect themselves and their work.
huridocs.org
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Want to dive deeper? Join our launch webinar Thursday, 24 July at 15:00 CET!
Hear Tomiwa present, plus reflections from defenders in DRC, Zimbabwe & Kenya. Register here 👇
🔗 huridocs.org/2025/07/webi...
Hear Tomiwa present, plus reflections from defenders in DRC, Zimbabwe & Kenya. Register here 👇
🔗 huridocs.org/2025/07/webi...
3/ 🤝 Co‑design gap: Everyone agrees on the importance of co‑design—but budgets/headcount rarely match the ambition needed for meaningful inclusion.
#codesign #developers
#codesign #developers
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
3/ 🤝 Co‑design gap: Everyone agrees on the importance of co‑design—but budgets/headcount rarely match the ambition needed for meaningful inclusion.
#codesign #developers
#codesign #developers
2/ 🌍 Inclusive and civil society led infrastructure matters & should be supported. Tools must be affordable, accessible offline or in low-connectivity areas and in languages defenders actually speak.
#digitalinfra
#digitalinfra
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
2/ 🌍 Inclusive and civil society led infrastructure matters & should be supported. Tools must be affordable, accessible offline or in low-connectivity areas and in languages defenders actually speak.
#digitalinfra
#digitalinfra
My takeaways:
1/ 🔐 Embed security into dev: tools like Uwazi need to be reliable components of HRDs’ digital defenses even if built by orgs like HURIDOCS that aren't #digisec org per se
www.uwazi.io
1/ 🔐 Embed security into dev: tools like Uwazi need to be reliable components of HRDs’ digital defenses even if built by orgs like HURIDOCS that aren't #digisec org per se
www.uwazi.io
Home - Manage your data with Uwazi and find what matters • Uwazi
Uwazi docs
www.uwazi.io
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My takeaways:
1/ 🔐 Embed security into dev: tools like Uwazi need to be reliable components of HRDs’ digital defenses even if built by orgs like HURIDOCS that aren't #digisec org per se
www.uwazi.io
1/ 🔐 Embed security into dev: tools like Uwazi need to be reliable components of HRDs’ digital defenses even if built by orgs like HURIDOCS that aren't #digisec org per se
www.uwazi.io
📚 Two findings really stood out, especially for HURIDOCS:
Finding 4: Real digital security is more than #digisec specific tools, it must be baked into dev processes of ALL human rights tech.
Finding 5: We need infrastructure that’s affordable, offline-capable, and in local languages.
Finding 4: Real digital security is more than #digisec specific tools, it must be baked into dev processes of ALL human rights tech.
Finding 5: We need infrastructure that’s affordable, offline-capable, and in local languages.
July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📚 Two findings really stood out, especially for HURIDOCS:
Finding 4: Real digital security is more than #digisec specific tools, it must be baked into dev processes of ALL human rights tech.
Finding 5: We need infrastructure that’s affordable, offline-capable, and in local languages.
Finding 4: Real digital security is more than #digisec specific tools, it must be baked into dev processes of ALL human rights tech.
Finding 5: We need infrastructure that’s affordable, offline-capable, and in local languages.
18/ The space is messy, political, and urgent. There’s harm, but also a lot of possibility.
Read here my interventions at the session organized by @Geneva platform @FPF
Thanks for reading 💬👀
huridocs.org/2025/07/ai-f...
Read here my interventions at the session organized by @Geneva platform @FPF
Thanks for reading 💬👀
huridocs.org/2025/07/ai-f...
AI for Human Rights: Innovation, Integrity, and the Ethical Imperative | HURIDOCS
HURIDOCS Executive Director reflects after the AI for Good Summit on the ethical use of AI for human rights documentation.
huridocs.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
18/ The space is messy, political, and urgent. There’s harm, but also a lot of possibility.
Read here my interventions at the session organized by @Geneva platform @FPF
Thanks for reading 💬👀
huridocs.org/2025/07/ai-f...
Read here my interventions at the session organized by @Geneva platform @FPF
Thanks for reading 💬👀
huridocs.org/2025/07/ai-f...
17/ If you’re into open source, rights-based, civil society-led tech, check out HURIDOCS
We build documentation tools, including ML, but we are more than the tech. We are human rights activists. Wanna support? 💸 huridocs.org/donate/
We build documentation tools, including ML, but we are more than the tech. We are human rights activists. Wanna support? 💸 huridocs.org/donate/
Donate | HURIDOCS
With your help, HURIDOCS will continue to support human rights defenders to mobilise information for justice and accountability.
huridocs.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
17/ If you’re into open source, rights-based, civil society-led tech, check out HURIDOCS
We build documentation tools, including ML, but we are more than the tech. We are human rights activists. Wanna support? 💸 huridocs.org/donate/
We build documentation tools, including ML, but we are more than the tech. We are human rights activists. Wanna support? 💸 huridocs.org/donate/
16/ Also, should NGOs start offsetting the impact of our own AI use like we do with travel?
Feels like a convo worth having if we want to lead by example 🧾🌍
Feels like a convo worth having if we want to lead by example 🧾🌍
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
16/ Also, should NGOs start offsetting the impact of our own AI use like we do with travel?
Feels like a convo worth having if we want to lead by example 🧾🌍
Feels like a convo worth having if we want to lead by example 🧾🌍
15/ There were a few shoutouts to open source but honestly, not enough.
We need open, rights-based tech more than ever. It’s one of the only real counterweight to Big Tech and a community more willing & able to center different prioritizations 🧠🛡️
We need open, rights-based tech more than ever. It’s one of the only real counterweight to Big Tech and a community more willing & able to center different prioritizations 🧠🛡️
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
15/ There were a few shoutouts to open source but honestly, not enough.
We need open, rights-based tech more than ever. It’s one of the only real counterweight to Big Tech and a community more willing & able to center different prioritizations 🧠🛡️
We need open, rights-based tech more than ever. It’s one of the only real counterweight to Big Tech and a community more willing & able to center different prioritizations 🧠🛡️
14/ Right now, AI will lie to you before it says “I don’t know.” That’s not neutral, that’s by design.
What if we built systems & models that prioritized accuracy, sustainability or human rights over speed? 🤔
What if we built systems & models that prioritized accuracy, sustainability or human rights over speed? 🤔
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
14/ Right now, AI will lie to you before it says “I don’t know.” That’s not neutral, that’s by design.
What if we built systems & models that prioritized accuracy, sustainability or human rights over speed? 🤔
What if we built systems & models that prioritized accuracy, sustainability or human rights over speed? 🤔
13/ Someone floated the idea of a “carbon offset” button or at least a prompt that tells you how much energy or water your query will use.
Click “run” or “rethink”? Imagine the difference a bit of choice could make 🖱️🌡️
Click “run” or “rethink”? Imagine the difference a bit of choice could make 🖱️🌡️
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
13/ Someone floated the idea of a “carbon offset” button or at least a prompt that tells you how much energy or water your query will use.
Click “run” or “rethink”? Imagine the difference a bit of choice could make 🖱️🌡️
Click “run” or “rethink”? Imagine the difference a bit of choice could make 🖱️🌡️
12/ Use smaller models. Limit prompt length. Ask AI to keep it short.
Simple things can reduce impact and we need to learn & adopt these in our orgs if we use AI 🛠️
Simple things can reduce impact and we need to learn & adopt these in our orgs if we use AI 🛠️
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
12/ Use smaller models. Limit prompt length. Ask AI to keep it short.
Simple things can reduce impact and we need to learn & adopt these in our orgs if we use AI 🛠️
Simple things can reduce impact and we need to learn & adopt these in our orgs if we use AI 🛠️
11/ We’ve got to start talking about infrastructure.
Existing data centers were not built for GenAI, which is why they suck up energy and water like there’s no tomorrow ⚡💧
Who’s building green, fit-for-purpose data centers? If you are, let us know!
Existing data centers were not built for GenAI, which is why they suck up energy and water like there’s no tomorrow ⚡💧
Who’s building green, fit-for-purpose data centers? If you are, let us know!
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
11/ We’ve got to start talking about infrastructure.
Existing data centers were not built for GenAI, which is why they suck up energy and water like there’s no tomorrow ⚡💧
Who’s building green, fit-for-purpose data centers? If you are, let us know!
Existing data centers were not built for GenAI, which is why they suck up energy and water like there’s no tomorrow ⚡💧
Who’s building green, fit-for-purpose data centers? If you are, let us know!
10/ The session on “Innovations in Environmentally Efficient AI” gave me hope. It was the first time I’ve heard people share actual, practical ideas towards harm reduction. I’m a big fan of the realistic possibilities in harm reduction. @itu.int
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
10/ The session on “Innovations in Environmentally Efficient AI” gave me hope. It was the first time I’ve heard people share actual, practical ideas towards harm reduction. I’m a big fan of the realistic possibilities in harm reduction. @itu.int
9/Even when AI is being used “for good,” the supply chain behind it is still harmful. Let’s not pretend otherwise 🧱💸
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
9/Even when AI is being used “for good,” the supply chain behind it is still harmful. Let’s not pretend otherwise 🧱💸
8/It’s not about whether AI can be used for good.
The real question is: who has the power to make sure it actually is? 💥
Catherine Bracey, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, thank you for that one!
The real question is: who has the power to make sure it actually is? 💥
Catherine Bracey, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, thank you for that one!
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
8/It’s not about whether AI can be used for good.
The real question is: who has the power to make sure it actually is? 💥
Catherine Bracey, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, thank you for that one!
The real question is: who has the power to make sure it actually is? 💥
Catherine Bracey, author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy, thank you for that one!
7/@marietjeschaake.bsky.social author of Tech Coup asked “Why are we still joking about politicians not understanding tech, but not laughing at, and calling out, big tech leaders who don’t understand democracy, governance or rule of law?”🙄 This one hit right.
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
7/@marietjeschaake.bsky.social author of Tech Coup asked “Why are we still joking about politicians not understanding tech, but not laughing at, and calling out, big tech leaders who don’t understand democracy, governance or rule of law?”🙄 This one hit right.
6/ Everyone’s busy asking what the “future of work” looks like but what about the future of human rights work?
Our jobs are changing, our funding is under threat, we need to be active in defining what comes next 💼✊
Our jobs are changing, our funding is under threat, we need to be active in defining what comes next 💼✊
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
6/ Everyone’s busy asking what the “future of work” looks like but what about the future of human rights work?
Our jobs are changing, our funding is under threat, we need to be active in defining what comes next 💼✊
Our jobs are changing, our funding is under threat, we need to be active in defining what comes next 💼✊
5/ “Keep humans in the loop” only works if those humans actually understand what they’re dealing with. If we don’t train & empower people, we’re just deepening the digital divide.
How do we raise our sector’s collective knowledge and critical tech literacy around AI? 📉
How do we raise our sector’s collective knowledge and critical tech literacy around AI? 📉
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
5/ “Keep humans in the loop” only works if those humans actually understand what they’re dealing with. If we don’t train & empower people, we’re just deepening the digital divide.
How do we raise our sector’s collective knowledge and critical tech literacy around AI? 📉
How do we raise our sector’s collective knowledge and critical tech literacy around AI? 📉
4/Reminder: human rights are equal and indivisible. That includes freedom of speech.
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva Solutions
A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of tech giants – hours before taking the stage.
genevasolutions.news
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
4/Reminder: human rights are equal and indivisible. That includes freedom of speech.
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
The censorship of @abeba.bsky.social for calling out Big Tech’s role in war and genocide, gave me the serious ick. That silenceing speaks volumes. 😒
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
3/ In this space there is a lot of talk about frameworks for regulation, a shout-out to Peggy Hicks from #OHCHR who said: We don’t need a new framework. We already have one — international human rights.
Our job now is to apply it and enforce it ✅
Our job now is to apply it and enforce it ✅
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
3/ In this space there is a lot of talk about frameworks for regulation, a shout-out to Peggy Hicks from #OHCHR who said: We don’t need a new framework. We already have one — international human rights.
Our job now is to apply it and enforce it ✅
Our job now is to apply it and enforce it ✅
2/The obvious doesn’t appear to be that obvious to many. There’s a serious contradiction at play here: we’re using AI to fight for human rights and climate justice… while the tech itself is harming both.
Is AI fundamentally incompatible with human rights? HT @abeba.bsky.social
Is AI fundamentally incompatible with human rights? HT @abeba.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
2/The obvious doesn’t appear to be that obvious to many. There’s a serious contradiction at play here: we’re using AI to fight for human rights and climate justice… while the tech itself is harming both.
Is AI fundamentally incompatible with human rights? HT @abeba.bsky.social
Is AI fundamentally incompatible with human rights? HT @abeba.bsky.social